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Child Care

Put that the Prime Minister had said in PMQs that no one who currently received child care vouchers would lose out and could the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) clarify the position, the PMS said that we had no intention of taking vouchers away from parents who currently received them.

Asked about tax relief on the vouchers, the PMS said that we did plan to phase out the tax relief; no one who currently got that relief would lose it. How and when that phasing out would happen was still to be determined. Answering suggestions that it would be phased out because it was a middle-class perk, the PMS replied that there were tough choices to be made. Lord Mandelson had said earlier today that it was not a question of class but of need.

Asked how it could be phased out if it wouldn’t affect the people already receiving it, the PMS said that he would be happy to come back with more information on how the phasing out would work.

Put that the PMS had said this morning that it would get phased out for everyone, the PMS replied that he would restate what he had said this morning; there was no intention of taking vouchers away from parents who currently received them. The PMS added that we did plan to phase out tax relief, but no one who received that relief now would lose it.

Asked when the cut-off point would be and would people not be able to claim for it from now, the PMS advised people to speak to the department regarding detailed questions on the process.

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